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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

AS the statistics of the year are
published they show that although
there has been Democratic Admins
tration the country has prospered: Our
esteemed Republican contemporaries.
however, are cheered by the hope that
some great national distress may come
to the rescue of their lugubrious predic-
tions during the coming year.-M Y.
World.
The Navy Department has or
dered another trial of the Atlanta,
which, it is to be hoped, will be more
satisfactory than the first one. Little
dependence can be placed on those Re-
publican contract built vessels left as a
legacy to Secretary Whitney. We will
have to wait for the new ships to be
constructed under the auspices of the
present tAdministration.-Albany argus.
On pinch, Senator ingalls,, of
Kansas, is willing to admit that the ne
gro has legal right to vote the Demo
cratic ticket, but he is positive that
one who does that things is an migrate
who does not deserve his freedom.
The negro who would suit ingalls,, then,
would only be about half emancipated.
The men who are running the Repub-
lican party now are not those who
freed the negro.-Chicago Herald.
WHAT nonentity Senator Mitch
ell, of Pennsylvania, is, appears from
the fact that he received no support,
complimentary or otherwise, in the Re-
publican caucus for the nomination OF
a candidate for United States Senator.
The dearth of great men among the
Republicans in the State is shown in
the fact that Matthew S. Quay received
every vote in the Republican caucus
with the exception of nine.-Detroil
Free Press.
| M S. Quay, the successor te
John L Mitchell in the United States
Senate was chairman of the pardoning
board that spared Kemble, of addition
division and silence fame, the meriteo
disgrace of term in the State peniten
tiary by convoking the board immedi
ately upon the passing of sentence upor
him, and rushing pardon through be
fore he could be removed to prison
The record of this official condoner o.
corruption has not injured his standing
in the party that once boasted of it
ssmoral IDEAS" and does not check tn
exhuberance of Chicago organ of tn
Republican party brand, which, notin!
the nomination of this ringster and po
litical boss in Pennsylvania and of
reputable Democrat in Maine, exult
ingly adds: "Mr. Quay will be takel
and Mr.. Clifford left" For blindin;
men to the difference between righ
and wrong, there is nothing like party
Chicago Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
LATER NEWS.

Two little girls were swept through
sewer at Niagara Falls, Ont, into the Nj
agara river, and were rescued alive.
ENGINEER HuRsIcKER and Fireman Gray
were killed by the explosion OF locomo-
tive boiler, near Hawthorne, Ill.
ABOUT $50 feet of the railway bridge at
Toledo was carried away by the breaking
of an ice gorge in the Maumee river.
GERRY W1Nr, carpenter, Cleveland, o.,
fell from the fourth floor Of a building into
the cellar, and was killed.
JOIN PHELPS cut Grant POOLS throat
during an alteration at Salem, Ill. Inc
wife of Phelps was the only witness to the
scene.
A GANG of desperadoes captured train
near Gordon, Tex, forced an entrance into
the express car and robbed the safe.
AN eighteen-year-old Indian boy, named
| Seabron, was arrested at Eufaula, Indian
Territory, for the murder OF three white
men.
THE funeral Of the wife of Senator Voor-
hees took place in Washington on the 3d.
and the remains were taken to Terre
Hante, Ind, for interment.
| JonN THOMPSON, Cynthiana, KY, while
Ill with fever, wandered from his room IN
q delirium and drowned himself in small
stream near his house.
A BILL passed the Texas House making
it unlawful for any judicial, executive, ao'
ministrative or legislative officers, except
sheriffs and peace officers, to accept passes
from railroad companies.
JOHN Cook, JR., fell seventy feet into
coal shaft, at Brazil, Ind, and was instant
ly killed.
BY a vote of the people Mt Gilead, O..
decided in favor Of the prohibition clause
of the Dow law.
stBoBBY'' ADAMS has been found guilty
of stealing $4,000 worth Of stamps from
the Minneapolis post-ofice.
MRs.VAN ZANpr declares her intention o.
taking up her residence in Paris with hel
laughter, where they will await declsior
! in the case of Spies.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, had q three hundret
l thousand dollar fire on the 23d.
RuMoRED that Secretary Bayard viii
marry Virginia lady.
DR. A Z. FoUsER, Akron, o., has beel
) arrested on the charge of body-snatching
. AN expedition composed of Belgians an,
y Swedes started from Antwerp on the 24tl
for the purpose of exploring the Cong
y country.
JOHN HARVEY, of Gloucester County, n
: IT,, left his wife a couple Of years ago. Hi
wife entered suit to recover alimony. A
: 1.-THE trial Saturday it was developed tha
q the reason Harvey left his wife was tina
the latter was in the habit for fourtee
= months of putting croton oil on the man
s clothing, thus inficting sores on his pei
son. She did this to keep him home a
n nights.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27

Bishop Cain, Of the African N. E. Church,
died at Washington City on the 18th. He
was prominent during reconstruction times
in South Carolina and was member of the
Forty third Congress.
Lieutenant General Sheridan has issued
an order announcing to the army the death
Of General Hazen. describing his distin-
guished services and requesting the officers
of his corps to wear the usual badge of
mourning for sixty days.
The Treasury Department has decided
that no drawback can be allowed on the
expectation of imported bottles filed with
beer manufactured in the United States
from domestic materials.
The funeral Of General W. B. Hazen, late
Chief Signal Oficer OF the army, took
place at Washington on the 18th, from st.
johns Episcopal Church. A throug Of dis
tinguished people attended, including Sec
retary Endicott, General Sheridan and
many prominent officers Of the army and
navy. The interment was made at Oakhlil
cemetery, with military honors.
The Secretary of the Treasury has modi-
fed existing regula tions SO as to allow free
entry Of naturally frozen fish, imported in
the condition in which they are caught,
without having been salted or otherwise
preserved.
The first national encanpment of the
Union Veterans Union was held at Wash
ington on the 10Th. The organization il
composed Of soldiers who served at leas
six months at the front or were wounded
before that length of service. Over one
hgndred delegates, representing eighteer
STATES, were present.
The American Shipping and Industrial
League Convention at its recent session il
Washington adopted a resolution asking
aid for the declining merchant marine o
the country.
Mrs. Voorhees,, wife Of Senator Voorhee
Of Indiana, died at Washington on the 2lst
aged ffty-four years.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
the EAST.

A leading Philadelphia ironmaster gives
it as his opinion that the present selling
price of iron, if maintained, would soon
Justify an advance Of from fifteen. to twenty
five per cent. in the wages Of the workers.
A movement is on foot among the street
car mems assemblies of the Knights OF
Labor to form national trade district
similar to those formed by several trades
within the past year. The proposal began
in Philadelphia, where there are several
thousand car men in the order, and it is re-
ceiving strong support in New York, Boston
and Pittsburgh.
At meeting Of the board Of trustees OF
Cornell University on the 18th letter was
read from President White, offering to give
totbe institution, under suitable conditions,
his historical library, which it has taken
thirty-dve years to collect. at cost OF
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
SURE TO BE BEATEN.
The "AIasterly" Way in Which tho Ponn-
sylvania Republicans Are Preparing 3
Their Party for Defeat.

sylvania Republicans Are Preparing |
Their Party for Defeat.
With big majorities at their COM
mand the Republicans of New York
and Pennsylvania have just demon
strated that they have learned nothing
by recent National defeat. The loss of
the Presidency on their part was due
as much to the widespread popular
impression that the men at the head of
the Republican organization were
unworthy as to any other cause. 1t
was hoped by many of the boilers OF
1884 that temporary defeat would send
some of these fellows to the rear, but
in the light of recent events in two OF
the principal States in the Union there
seems to be no reason to look for such
a result.
In New York State the assembly has
just reelected to the Speakership the
odorous j. w. Hustled, of Westchester
County, than whom no legislator in the
last ten years has obtained a more
questionable reputation. His methods
have all been obnoxious to decency and
| uprightness in politics, and he never
yet gained a place of prominence in
his party without encountering the
protests of the best elements thereof.
In Pennsylvania Matthew S. Quay, a
longtime henchman of the Cameron
gang, has been elected to the United
States Senate almost without opposi-
ton. He has been associated with all
the scandals of Republican rule in that
State for twenty years, and has on all
occasions proved himself willing and
an efficient tool of the corrupt bosses
against whose methods the election OF
Governor Pattison in 1881 was pro
test. As lobbyist Quay has long been
unfavorably known to the people, and
as politician of the most extreme and
reckless type he has commended him.
self only to the rings which have
now concluded to give him his re-
ward. It was Quay who worked
hand in hand with the notorious Kem
BILE in lobbying through the Pennsylva
mia Legislature the 100000 grab TO
the alleged settlement of riot losses il
Pittsburgh. For his part in that labo
Kemble was indicted, tried, convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary, ant
it was M. S. Quay, who, as membe
of the Board of the State, had reso
luton in favor of Kemble's releas
ready for the Governors signature be
3 fore the culprit had been removed fron
/ the court where sentence had bee
: passed upon him.
T. In the case of Hustled a disposition t
adhere to an old and disappointed pol
t tician is the worst that can be charge
g against his party. In the case of Qua
: the situation is different. Nothing bu
:. slavish submission to the dictation @
the Camerons, which would have in
: duced the Legislature to select an
!. creature whom they might name. ca
e explain the elevation of such ma
e to the Senate. A party SO welded
: its old-time idols, smeared all owe
n and broken as they are, is evidentl
i electioneering for another licking
), Chicaqo Herald.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
eoREvoN INTELLIGENCE.

The chief clerk OF the Paris post-of6ce has
stolen $4,000 in postal money orders and
fed.
During performance on the evening OF
the 18th at o theater on Princess street,
London, some person raised the cry OF
"Fire!" The gas was Immediately turned
of at the meter and q terrible panic ensued,
resulting in the trampling to death Of
twelve women and five youths. Many
others were injured
The employees Of the Montreal (Can.) roll
ing mills and the iron foundries Of Messrs.
Peck & Berry and Pillow & Hersey, struck
on the 18th against q reduction in wages OF
ten per cent The total number involved in
the strike is about 1,l00, one thousand OF
whom are Knights Of Labor.
The bark Caterina, from Cardih for As
pinwall, was foundered in Bristol Channel
on the 10Th. Twelve persons were drowned.
Pinkerton & Co., of Montreal, Can, ex-
tensive manufacturers Of boots and shoes,
have failed with $50, 900 liabilities.
The italian Government has bought the
National line steamer America and will con
vert her into an armed cruiser.
Frederick Ammerling, the Austrian
painter who died recently, hequeathed to
the city of Vienna his collection Of art an
tiques, valued at S125, 900, on condition that
it be kept intact for public inspection.
Sir Michael Morris, at present Lord Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas OF
| Ireland, has been appointed Lord Chief
Justice Of Ireland, vice Right Hon. George
Augustus May, resigned.
| A dispatch Of the Goth from Peniche
Spain, reports the wreck Of the steamer
Brentford, from Newport for Malta AL
| on board but one were lost.s
The British gunboat Firm was wrecked
| on the 18th on the Northumberland coast
| Nineteen of the crew were saved by the life
/ saving service The fate Of the others Ii
unknown.
A dispatch Of the 22d from London an
nounces the failure Of John Patton, Jr., &
Co., managers of the Monarch steamship
line.
The tail of comet Of the first magnitude
was visible from Melbourne, Australia, Of
the 21st.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
First-CIass Lubricators.

Sam Sample was telling some OF his
friends about large manufacturing
establishment that his brother had in
Arizona.
..And one of the greatest features OF
the place." said he ''is the way in which
we do our lubricating."
..How is that?' inquired a lis
tener.
1--WE employ Mexieans, almost en-
tircly."
"What have the Mexicans to do with
itp''
why, they make first-class Greas'
ers."
Sans friend went off and pondered
-Mercha7,t Traveller.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
The Heathenish Origin Of . Modern ana
Delightful Christian Custom.

The Heathenish Origin of . Modern ana
Delightful Christian Custom.
The Christmas is not properly .
Christian tree at all, but heather one.
1t does not belong by right to any other
European families than those of Ger
manic and Scandinavian origin. Celts
and Slavs and Latins knew nothing OF
it, and if it has found its way into
France and Italy, even into England, it
is an importation. The Christmas tree
was certainly unknown to our fore
fathers. The writer remembers when
his parents, who had spent many win
tiers in Germany, first introduced 1t,
some forty-five years ago, into England,
what astonishment it created,what sur
prised delight it afforded. The relic OF
the Christmas tree with us is the ash
fagot. The Germans when they ac-
cepted christianity brought the yule
tree into their new religion and gave it
a new Specification. The missionaries
to the Anglo-Saxons denounced it and
made;very good Catholics hack the idol
atrous symbol in pieces and burn it at
Christmas, in token that the Holy
Child had destroyed heathenism.
Among the Scandinavians, and prob
ably the Anglo-Saxons, the ash was the
sacred tree, Yggdrasill, the world-tree.
was, according to the "Edda, an ash
with three roots-one in heaven, one in
hell and one on earth. On the tree
branches sat an eagle, along them ran
squirrel, and about its roots. gnawing
into them, was coiled a great serpent.
The serpent and eagle are ever in strife
says the younger "Edda," and the
squirrel runs between them trying to
make peace. But probably the sacred
tree among the Germans was pine
Tacitus speaks in his annals of a tenn
pie that the Marsil, a mid-German race
called Tafana-i. e. fanun tano, made
to resemble the earth. Tame is pin'
tree, and the words of Tacitus hav'
been supposed to refer to sacred in
closure about monstrous pine dedi
Gated to the earth-goddess. In one o
the Wartburg Minnesinger's lays w
have lines about the world-tree lonl
| after its real meaning was lost.
: gallant tree is growing high,
garden gay adorning;
, its roots run down to hell below,
Its crown to heaven above doth throw,
E Where God doth sit in golden glow;
Its branches take the morning;
Its branches spread the whole world througl
Distilling mamma, dropping dew,
And birds thereon are singing.
A.! Otfried, in the ninth century, sing
1 of the cross in similar strains, derivin
his ideas from Yggdrasill, which b
. translates into the tree of life in til
: garden of the church-the cross. S
also Alcuin, writing among the Frank
y says of the cross: "Its position is sue
t that the upper portion reaches tn
skies, the lower portion touches tt
: earth, the root reaches to hell. l
y branches extend to all parts of tt
n earth. CoraahiH Magazine.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
PARTISAN IMPupENcE.
small-souled Republicans Who Have Beer
Retained in ONCE Meanly Assailing the
Administration.

small-Souled Republicans Who Have Been
Retained in ONCE Meanly Assailing the
Administration.
Some fool friends of Republican ex-
chiefs of divisions at Washington whose
places have been given to supporters OF
the Administration, while they have
been retained as chief clerks at salaries
but slightly less than those they have
formerly received, have for some time
back been sending slush to Republican
journals, telling how incompetent the
new chiefs are and how essential the
ex-chiefs are to the continued efficiency
of the divisions.
To a man not wholly blinded by par
tisanship, the fact that these chiefs OF
divisions have been retained in office at
good pay and have been given positions
where they are protected by the civil
service rules as long as they behave
themselves, would seem to demonstrate
the earnest desire of the Administra-
ton to reform the abuses of the
..spoils" system. To one not affected
with this partisan obliquity of vision,
the distinction between an office which
involves immediate personal response
bility to the head of the bureau or de-
partment, and which, therefore, re-
quires personal trust and confidence,
and merely clerical position is well
marked and easily apprehended. A
head of department may very well
desire that his chiefs of division shall
be men upon whose fidelity he may
rely and who will be in sympathy witt
his administrative methods, and no
the legacies of former administration
and at the same time conscientiousl.
strive to enforce Civil-Sevice principle
as applied to department work gener
ally. And when he takes pains to pro
vide displaced ex-chiefs with good cler
ical positions, it does not fit the Repub
lican mouth very well to assail him TO
these acts of graciousness.
| The statement that the Administra
ton or any department thereof is de
pendent upon these Republican ex
chiefs for the efficient conduct of affair
is simple nonsense. If they think tn
Government can not get along withou
them, OF if they do not think thei
present pay is great enough. there
no law whatever against their resign
ing.-Detrot Free Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A good word is an easy obligation,
but not to speak i'll requires only
our silence, which costs US nothing.
T2Elotson.
Mans capacities have never been
measured; nor are we to judge of what
he can do by any precedents, so little
has been tried.--Ihoreau
The dear ladies'
The ladies-bless emit beats ALL
When they are young and squaIlers,
Their hearts are set upon the doll
When grown, upon the dollars.
It'd Bits.
There are treasures laid up in the
heart, treasures of charity, piety, tenn
perance and soberness. These treas
ures man takes with him beyond
death when he leaves this world
Buddhist Scripture.
-"See that little darky therep''
Eyes" l"Black as coal. isn't hep
Quite We'll, change his color
by simple performance" "Howe"
81 can box his ears and make him yell
'Ohr" Pittsburgh Chronscle.
Some remarkable stories have been
told under the head of '.Antipathies,
but the most remarkable we ever heard
was that of the man who could not
sleep in church because the nap was
worn off his oyercoat -Burliag-
ton Free Press.
Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm. elo-
quence produces conviction for the mo-
ment; but it is only by truth to nature
and the everlasting institutions of man
kind that those abiding influences are
won that enlarge from generation to
generation.-LosoeN.
Young lady Tin book-store) = A
volume of poetry, please. Clerk =
Yes, ma'am. Err what authore
Young Lady-O, I don't care any
thing about the author, but the cover
must harmonize with a cherry parlor
table with red plush top.-Pmck.
Exact ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
Uncle Zeke, you heard these two ex-
plosions. Was one right after the 9TH
err Uncle Zeke-Yes, sab. Law
yer - Now, you will swear that one
didn't occur before the othere Uncle
Zeke-Yes, sab, deed l will. I were
dar an herd 'em.-Tid-6its.
-'.Have you been doctering this cof-
fee, johnny" asked old Brown.
smacking his lips in suspicious man
ner. YES" confessed little Johnny,
looking across the table at Merritt; II
heard Cora say that Mr.. Merritt didn't
know beans, SO put few in the coffee
pot Just to test him. THE Judge.
What Took the Prize. -"Where do
YOU come fromP" asked Dallas man
of neighbor. "Fm just in from the
fair grounds" Have the Judges Of
live stock awarded the prize to the
biggest jackP'' They have" "Did
my uncle or my father get itf''
"Neither of them. A strange donkey
from Eastern Texas got the prize. ~
Tezots SJtinga
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
Timidity That Wears OF.

Eyes, Bill. am engaged to Miranda.
But. do you know, she is most exces-
sively timid? Nothing would induce
her to fire of pistol9"
"When you are married to her. Joe,
much of that timidity will wear off.
You'll be taking off your boots in the
lower hall at night inside Of the first
six months. ."-Phsiadelphia Cad.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27

Cincinnati February 2 for the purpose OF
forming an Ohio valley cattle growers asso-
citation. The territory comprised includes
Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio Indiana, Kentucky, Southern Illinois
and portion Of Tennessee.
By the explosion of a boiler in one Of the
grain elevators of the Ch esapeake & Ohio
railway at Newport News, Va, on the 10th
Samuel Robinson was killed, w. McRae,
fireman, was terribly scalded, and three
colored laborers were badly burned. The
damage to the elevator was 8, 600.
The remains of J. ]. Upchurch, the founder
of the Ancient Order Of United Workmen,
who died at Steelville, Mo-, few days ago,
were buried at st. Louis on the 23d. 1t Is
proposed to raise monument to the mem
ory Of Mr.. Upchurch by contributions from
members Of the order.
DR.. W. 8. Robertson, president OF the
Iowa State Board of Health, died at Musca-
tine, that State, on the Goth. He was Major
of the Fifth Iowa regiment during the re-
bellion, and a prominent Mason.
At Chicago on the 21st Judge Tuley de-
cided that Mrs. Maria p. Storey, the first
wife of Wilbur F. Storey and afterward di-
vorced from him, was not entitled to dover
interest in any Of Mr.. Storey's property ac-
quired after the divorce. The only property
in which she could have dover interest
was the real estate possessed by Mr.. Storey
at the time of his divorce.
Governor R. A. Alger, Of Michigan, found
five hundred needy families during the re-
cent cold snap, and to each Of them was sent
barrel of -four and ton of coal or . cord
Of wood.
The house Of Colin Bass, in Kershaw
County, 8. c., was destroyed by an incendi-
ary fire on the 21st. Bass wife, who was
sick in bed, and her two small children
perished in the flames. Bass is suspected
Of having fired the house.
The Jail at Warren, Ark, was broken
open by masked men on the night Of the
10th and two alleged murder ers released.
Experts from the oil regions OF Pennsyl-
vania, who have been visiting Roanoke
City, Va, claim that indications point to
immense quantities Of oil and natural gas in
| chat vicinity.
A. 8. Paddock, Republican, was on the
nst chosen by the Nebraska Legislature as
! United States Senator to succeed Senator
Van Wyck.
| A boiler in saw mill in Daviess Cou nty
Ind, owned by jackson Norris, exploded
on the 21st, instantly killing Norris, his two
sons and William McAtee. The mill ant
| machinery were demolished.
Fire caused by stove destroyed two Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul construction
cars at Roscoe, Oak, on the 21st. In at
tempting to rescue his wife and child, whit
were in one Of the cars, Frank Lyons wa
burned to death. The woman and child wer'
saved.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27
The Albany Journal Obi

The Albany Journal Blaine
Rep.) feels called OH to remark that "a
good many of Mr.. Blaine's fool friends
are like frozen dynamite cartridges;
when you warm them up at big din.
ner, they blow the roof off,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-27

The sausage-cutter imported from
Germany in 1868 is still in use at Cana
ioharie, NY. 1t is said that nearly
every one who has ever lived in the vii
lage has had the use of the machine n
one time or another. Utica Herald.